Why are we not better?

We thought we would be pretty good this year. And, although it appears unlikely, we might still resurrect a decent season. But why have we been so bad? James White is averaging 12 points and 6 rebounds, which is some below what we had hoped for, but still pretty good. Roger Woods has been what we expected. We have three very good 3-point shooters, and James Reid and Mareik Isom have been what we hoped from the arc. Our rebounding has been less than stellar, but not awful. So why haven't we won more games? The answer, obviously, is on the defensive end, where we have been awful , especially from the arc, until the last couple of games. Maybe we have turned the corner. I hope so. We really, really need to finish strong.